HOURS MUSIC String Quartet No. 2, String Quartet No. 1 by Peter Child
NEW! REHEARSAL FILMS PART ONE
REHEARSAL FILM PART TWO
BATHROOM SUITE CASTING AND TIMES HERE
introductions to the characters
Timecode Music Action Movement Phrase
0-0:28 triumphant phrase Curtain Opens
:28-:55 turmoil Virginia Working everyday gestures
:55-1:20 searching Vanessa everyday gestures
1:20-1:49 waltz Laura at the Vanity everyday gestures
1:50-2:16 waltz2 Kitty enters everyday
2:17-2:35 cello theme Richard at Bed falling phrase
2:35-2:50 waltz Kitty and Laura waltz phrase
2:51-3:05 chaos Laura Panics, Kitty Leaves panic phrase
3:05-3:30 rising theme Clarissa enters everyday
3:30-4:00 big stops Sally enters, follows everyday with balance of support
4:00-4:11 runs All enter and exit travel
4:12-4:48 turmoil phrases of turning, manipulating, balancing richard falls through space
4:50-5:18 runs exits except for Virginia exit movement
5:18-end plunks Virginia alone resets chair, resists voices
2. ADAGIO (750)
virginia, laura, clarissa at home/work
laura and richard bake cake
kitty visits
0:-38 nursery rhyme virginia works verb phrase
:39-1:16 rhyme 2 clarissa works verb phrase
1:17-2:02 rhyme 3 laura works verb phrase
2:03-2:56 rhyme 4 all work verb phrases
2:57-3:25 searching laura and richard play games, clean house
3:25-3:40 heavier theme begin to bake cake
3:40-4:04 rhyme descant cake flops, richard upset laura’s noun phrase (cake)
4:04-4:17 scratching theme A kitty visits k verb phrase
4:18-4:32 scratching B kitty shares news noun phrase (illness)
4:32-5:12 rhyme 5 laura comforts kitty k and l wish phrases
5:13-5:44 rhyme 6 kitty and laura kiss
5:45-6:30 rhyme 7 kitty and laura, kitty, leaves
6:30-7:08 rhyme 8 laura and richard r and laura wish phrases from laura
7:09-7:44 rhyme 9/coda richard alone r verb phrase
virginia at home, vanessa visits
0-:28 tune bounces vanessa talks about family van verb phrase
:29-:44 sliding motif virginia tries to agree
:44-1:07 tune virginia talks about writing and headaches vg noun phrase
1:11-1:38 sliding motif 2 vanessa comforts virginia van noun phrase
1:39-1:56 tune 2 duet of support vanessa partners virginia
1:54-2:12 cello vanessa talks about society wish phrases
2:13-2:51 tune 3 a kiss
2:52-3:00 descents vanessa confused noun phrases in retrograde
3:01-3:18 looking motif vanessa exits verb phrases double time
clarissa, sally at home with flowers
0-0:40 ascending slides clarissa flowers, setting them clariss noun phrase
0:41-1:15 descending theme sally follows offers clarissa flowers sally verb phrase
1:16-2:00 ascent revised they see each other, connect, kiss sally noun phrase meet at bed
2:00-2:10 falling motif happiness at perfection of moment wishes phrases
2:10-2:30 quiet ending end of day, but clarissa is disturbed
clarissa and richard
0-0:22 scratching theme as sally sleeps, clarissa imagines richard alone
0:23-0:53 searching pulse 1 richard falls off his chair richard noun phrase
0:54-1:00 running theme 1 clarissa reaches richard, tries to comfort clarissa wishes from clarissa
101-1:15 big theme A tension of unsuccessful contact richard wish phrase from richard
1:15-1:30 running theme 2 traveling without seeing each other
130-1:59 searching pulse 2 traveling same paths but different directions clarissa wishes from richard
2:00-2:19 running theme 3 reaching trying to connect richard wishes from clarissa
2:20-2:32 big theme B tension of unsuccessful contact
2:34-2:45 timid theme attempt at a kiss
2:47-3:30 scratching theme clarissa back to bed, richard unsure falling phrase, verb phrase
clarissa and sally
death of virginia
death of richard
0-0:54 tune sally awakens clarissa, they leave
0:54-1:17 shimmer motif richard and virginia awaken clarissa love letter phrase
1:18-1:50 descent duet
1:50-2:33 rising trio richard suicide letter phrase
2:34-2:44 tune 2 richard through window
2:50-2:57 flash of ending
2:58-4:03 tune 3 virginia in stream virginia suicide letter phrase
coda; processionals
clarissa laura sally
ghosts of richard and virginia
0:00-0:17 A laura phrase sitting
0:17-0:34 A’ clarissa standing
0:35-0:55 B+ Richard and Virginia dance
0:56-1:13 A with descant familiars sitting
1:13-1:33 A/B All dance simultaneously familiars stand, clarissa laura sitting
1:34-2:00 A Sally comforts Laura, Clarissa Mourns to End clarissa standing alone